MCF Mining Approvals IndexData as at 12 November 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 28274 · Esmeralda
EPM 28274 (Esmeralda) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by QLD AUS GRAPHITE PTY LTD (Graphinex group). Status granted, granted 21 November 2023, expires 20 November 2028. 5,185 ha in the Carpentaria Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100308928.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Holder
- QLD AUS GRAPHITE PTY LTD
- Parent group
- Graphinex (known subsidiary)
- Project or name
- Esmeralda
- Lodged
- 1 February 2022
- Granted
- 21 November 2023
- Expires
- 20 November 2028
- Area
- 5,184.83 hectares (51.8 km²)
- Region
- Carpentaria Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100308928 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 5 drill holes, 33 company reports, 3 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -18.83181, 142.23448 (centre)